Improvement in ironing-machines



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No. 121,908, Paiented ne..12,1871.

UNITED STATES GiLBEET F. TAYLOR,

IMPROVEMENT IN l OF NEWv YORK, N. Y.

RONING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,908, dated December 12, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT F. TAYLOR, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi' the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a section al front view of this invention. Fig, 2 is a horizontal section ot' the saine, the line x x, Fig. 1, indicating the plane of section. Fig. 3 is an end view of the saine. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the heatingplugs and the screw-lifter.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an ironing-machine composed of two smooth rollers which are geared together so as to revolve in opposite directions, and which are bored out to receive heating-plugs, so that, by passing a shirt or other garment or any piece of cloth or other textile material through between said rollers, the process of ironing is performed with ease and facility. The heating-plu gs are provided with raised flanges at their ends, so as to prevent them from coming in direct contact throughout their whole length with the pressingrollers, and to form a heating-chamber, whereby the heat of the pressing-roller is equalized and scorching of the material passed through between the rollers is avoided. The lower pressing-roller is supported at its outer end by guide-rollers catching in an annular groove in the pressing-roller. The upper pressing-roller is held down upon the lo er pressing-roller by an arched spring supported at one end in a grooved lug rising from the journal-box of said roller, while its other end forms the bearings for two guide-rollers, which catch in an annular groove in the pressing-roller and serve to keep said pressin g-roller steady andin the proper relation toward the lower pressing-roller. The outer end ofthe spring' is guided in a slotted standard. The journal-box of the upper pressing-roller slides up and down on a standard rising from the bed-plate ofthe machine, whereby the constructionof the whole is materially simplified. The heating-plugs are tapped at their ends to receive a screw-lifter for the purpose of facilitating the ope 'ation of removing said heating-plugs from the pressing-rollers or inserting them therein.

In the drawing, A designates the bed-plate of my ironing-machine. Froln one end of this bedplate rises a standard, B, while its other end forms the support for the standard C. To the standard B is secured a journal-box, a., which forms the bearings for the arbor b of the lower pressingroller D, and in practice said journal-box will be attached to the standard by set-screws, so that it can be adjusted up or down, as maybe required. The pressillg-roller D is hollow, but it is closed at its inner end and tapped to receive the arbor b; or said arbor may be connected to the head of the pressing-roller in any desirable manner. The outer open end ofthe pressing-roller can be closed by a cap, o, and it is provided with an annular groove, d, to engage with supporting guide-rollers e, which are mounted in lugs j' rising from the bed-plate A. The upper pressing-roller E is constructed similar to the lower pressing-roller, its inner end being supported by an arbor, f, which has its bearing in a journal-box, g, and which is geared, together with the arbor b of the lower pressing-roller, by cog-wheels h z. The base or supporting-plate otl the `journal-box g is made with lips or iianges j (see Fig. 2) which overlap the rear edge of the standard B, so that said box is free to move up or down; and the upper part of the standard is provided with recesses lc, (see Fig. 1,) so that the box g, when moved up to said recesses, can be taken on' together with its pressin g-roller without the necessity of removing any screws and without loss ottime. The upper pressing-roller E rests upon the lower pressing-roller ll), and its outer end is provided with an annular groove, to receive guide-rollers l, which are mounted in arms projecting from the sides of a spring, G, that serves to hold the upper pressingroller down with a yielding' pressure. The inner end oi' said spring rests in a lug, m, which rises from the journal-box g, while its outer end catches in a guide-slot n in the standard C. Ahand-screw, o, which is tapped in an arm, p, extending from the standard B, serves to regulate the tension of the spring Gr, and by the combined action ofthe guide-slot n and of the guide-rollers l the outer end of the upper pressing-roller is kept steady and prevented from being thrown out of line with the lower pressing-roller. The pressing-rollers are heated by plugs H, which are provided at their ends with projecting flanges q, equal in diameter, or nearly so, to the bore of the pressingroller, so that if one of thtl plugs is inserted in one 0i' the prvssing'-rollers it is in rontart with said roller only at its rnds, while thil spare between the tianges q t'oruis a heating-chamber, whereby the heat throughout the rntirtl press ing-roller is equalizod. It' the heating-plugs Should be allowed to ronle in rontat-t with thtinner surfaces ot" the pressing-rollers throughout their whole length somo portions ot" thtpressing'- roller would be liabhl to hvromtowl-heated, and the cloth or other material exposed to thtl artion 0f the pressing-rollers would bo soort-bwl. 'lhtl heating-plugs are provided in ono vnd with srrow- Sockets r to ret'rivttho lifter l, (ser l"ig.4,) so that the operation oi' removing' tho plugs from and l l l iusertingtheln in thtl 1messing-rollersisnlatvrial- 1y facilitated. By giving to the pressing-rollers 2L differential motion the oti'ot-t of an ordinar)v sadron is closely imitated.

\Vhat I rlaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latrnt, is-

l. The rnd ot' the spring G arranged in the slot n, and provided with guide-rollers I engagngwith tlnl annular groove in the pressing-rollerE, substantiall.Y as set forth.

L. The smooth pressing-rollers I) E, heatingplugs H ll, slotted standard C, guide-rollersl and t', with the slide-box f/ upon the standard B, combined arranged, and operatingl substantially as and t'or thtl purpose set forth.

3. The rollers l c operating` in the grooves of tho rollers l e, as described, in combination with the slotted standard C, sp1-ing G, slide-box g, and standard I3. all constructed and operating substantiallv as described.

Witnesses:

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A. ELLSWORTH.

o. r. TAYLOR. 

